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It is always a treat being part of a Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) debut performance. You get to be part of something special, like exploring undiscovered territory or trying a new dish that becomes one of your favorite foods. The company puts the best on stage to bring the vision to life. The next time …

Near the end of every quarter in college you can see students start to slack off. Especially when the weather is nice. As Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) nears the end of its season it instead charges ahead, going all out with the production of Apollo and Carmina Burana. If you have been waiting all year …

If you need another reason to catch one of the last remaining shows before summer, one of PNB’s best, Principal Dancer Lucien Postlewaite, will leave Seattle at the end of the 2011-2012. PNB’s loss will certainly be Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s gain. Postlewaite is one of the best technical dancers I have ever seen. …

Snow White has long been a popular fairy tale. Currently she is a character in a primetime television show and the main character in two upcoming full length live action movies. Right now, Snow White is dancing across the PNB stage in McCaw Hall. Like the other fairy tale ballets, Snow White is perfect for …

Ending March 24, the run of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s (PNB) New Works is mercifully short. The performance of three different choreographers is the worst I have seen cross PNB’s stage. The night started off boring and went downhill from there. A Million Kisses to my Skin kicked off the night. And while well performed the …

Recently, I picked up a Nutcracker picture book. As I thumbed through the illustrations, all I could think was “PNB does it better.” Even without the live performance, the sets at McCaw Hall are better than the pictures. Pacific Northwest ballet could put out a better product with pictures of the opening night performance bound …

Peter Boal proves why he is the right man for the job as Pacific Northwest Ballet’s (PNB) artistic director. Currently gracing the stage of McCaw Hall is the genius of Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, but it was Boal’s genius that brought him here. Some of these pieces have been performed at PNB, like at a Director’s …

Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) pulls out all the stops with Giselle. The world premiere is a dancer’s dream. The story of a peasant girl seduced and betrayed by a nobleman Giselle is an impressive end to an already dynamic season. Like many of the cast, Jonathan Porretta plays different parts throughout the performance run. In …

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